MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton Habitat Condition

The information gathered is part of Descriptor 1 of Commission Decision 2017/848/EU: specifically D1C6 (pelagic habitats). Phytoplankton communities constitute an important component of such water column habitats, forming the base of marine foodwebs. The composition of these communities can provide a good indication of the status of pelagic ecosystems, also because plankton responds to anthropogenic pressures, in particular nutrient enrichment.

Surface chlorophyll-a levels can also be used to characterise pelagic habitats in oceanic waters of the Mediterranean Sea, on the basis of the importance of productivity in describing marine ecosystems and food availability.

This dataset includes quantitative information including the density of phytoplankton in cells/l, chlorophyll-a in ug/l and the diatom/dinoflagellate ratio.

 
Citation proposal
. MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton Habitat Condition. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/444dd7c7-42d2-4882-8754-0686ae6c0fea

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Date ( Creation )
2019-12-02
Identifier

https://era.org.mt/

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MSFD_Descriptor_1:_Water_Column_Habitats

  Owner

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Species distribution
Spatial scope ( Theme )

  • National

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Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Biota
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Reference system identifier

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/304 5

Distribution format

  • ESRI Shapefile

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    Specification

  • INSPIRE Compliant GML

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    unknown

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    Specification

OnLine resource
EF.D1_Phytoplankton_Habitat_Condition  

Malta D1_Phytoplankton_Habitat_Condition

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
true
Statement

The data used emanates from the EU funded project EMFF 8.3.1 under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund 2014-2020 with a total cost of €1.6 million in public eligible EMFF funds (75% EU 25% MT). The ultimate goals of this European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF 2014-2020) project are to devise a holistic approach towards marine monitoring and develop a comprehensive database of data collected about the Maltese waters. The copyright of such data is the property of the project in line with the provisions of CT 3031/2016 and will remain vested in the project in question.

The overall quality of the dataset is good.

Chlorophyll-a at the sampling stations was measured at both surface and sub-surface depths using an in situ fluorescence sensor.

Phytoplankton sampling included: 2.5L Niskin bottles for the collection of water samples at surface and subsurface depths (1-5m).

Metadata

File identifier
444dd7c7-42d2-4882-8754-0686ae6c0fea   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-12-12T11:00:08
Metadata standard name

ISO19115

Metadata standard version

2003/Cor.1:2006

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